Healthy sugar substitutes: How to cut the sugar in your food

Healthy sugar substitutes

If you're trying to cut down the amount of white sugar that you have in your diet, a sugar substitute is a great place to start. From sweeteners to naturally sweet ingredients, we've rounded up some of the best ways to replace that teaspoon of white sugar in your tea, sprinkling on your porridge or heap in your favourite bake.

Recent research has shown that most adults and children in the UK eat too much sugar. It's acceptable to have a sweet treat every now but you'd be surprised how much sugar is in your diet - that's where sugar substitutes come in handy.

You might not want to give up the sweetness that comes with a little added so you can swap it for something a little healthier instead. Click through to see all of our healthy sugar substitutes...

Your comments

JL

Agave Nectar is NOT "better than sugar", as being made up of 90% Fructose it is MORE damaging to the body (liver and pancreas) and is MORE harmful for Diabetics. PLEASE stop promoting Agave as "better than sugar", it simply isn't. It is FAR worse!

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